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Thursday, December 16, 2010
New Employee Welcome Letter
* THE QUIET AMERICAN
maternal line descendent of Robert Louis Stevenson, Graham Greene was a novelist, screenwriter and film critic whose work reflects a world in conflict. Author The Orient Express, The Third Man or the one I just finished reading The Quiet American (1955). It was quite a surprise. Greene's work is heavily influenced by personal and historical events that shaped his life. He was a correspondent in the Vietnam War, which is the scenario in which this story unfolds. A love triangle between an old British journalist (Fowler), a young and "innocent" American secret agent (Pyle) and a young Vietnamese woman named Phoung and object of desire and contention of both men. But this love triangle has as background the Vietnam War and the role played by each of the parties. It is a book that harshly criticizes the American action, ideas of colonialism and the sense of the word "Democracy" to Americans, Asians and Europeans. A book where everything is as it seems. In 2002 Michael Caine and Brendan gave life Freise Fowler and Pyle. A book that deserves to be read and a movie that is better not miss. Here I leave a fragment.
* The cover of the book (the edition I have) is published for the centenary of his birth from 1904 to 2004)
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